The Memoir Of Ms. Butterfly

Though you’ll never see this, I’m glad to tell you I’m succeeding.
Not in the way you might have imagined: chasing fame, fortune, or validation.
I’m succeeding in the quiet, sacred way.
By finding the invisible pieces of myself.
By putting them back together.
By becoming whole again.

I’m becoming the woman I always knew I could be,
even when doubt—especially my own—tried to convince me otherwise.
Now I know I can exist.
And I will exist.
Without you.

Possibilities and dreams stretch endlessly before me.
This isn’t revenge.
This isn’t bitterness.
This is gratitude.

Thank you for leaving.
Because in your absence, I found myself.

By: Ms. Butterfly Genesis